Difference between revisions 124193578 and 124193580 on dewiki

{{Refimprove|date=March 2009}}
{{Infobox Greek Dimos
  |name = Zagori 
  |name_local = Ζαγόρι
|image_map = 2011 Dimos Zagoriou.png
  |periph = [[Epirus (periphery)|Epirus]]
  |periphunit         =  [[Ioannina (peripheral unit)|Ioannina]]
|pop_municipality   = 6032
(contracted; show full)was located in the area in front of [[Konitsa]], in the northern boundary of Zagori, where the rivers Voidomatis, [[Aoös]] and [[Sarantaporos River (Ioannina)|Sarantaporos]] come together. Remains of [[cyclopean walls]] in [[Skamneli]] also testify to the antiquity of human occupation.<ref>{{cite book | author=Costas Zissis | title=Zagori, Images of a Greek Heritage | publisher= | year=| editor= | page = 13 |url= http://books.google.com/?id=lkLZKcc5VCkC&dq=skamneli%2Bpelasgian| isbn=9789606316845
| accessdate=2011-03-23}}</ref> During the 9th–4th centuries  B.C., a small [[Molossians|Molossian]] settlement existed between [[Monodendri (Ioannina)|Monodendri]] and [[Vitsa]], including  stone houses and two cemeteries which have yielded important findings.<ref>Prefectural Committee of Tourist Promotion: p. 14</ref> However, throughout most of the historical time the local population was sparse while the land provided mainly for pastoralism and firewood for the local needs.<ref name=Amanatidou34>Amanat(contracted; show full)l=el&id=O9saAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Throughout+this+period+bands+of+Albanians+raiders+pillaged+and+destroyed+the+villages+of+the+Vlachs+and+the+Greeks+in+Epirus%2C+northern+Pindus%2C+the+lakeland+of+Prespa+and+Ochrid%2C+and+parts+of+western+Macedonia.%22&q=%22The+centre+of+Greek+resistance+was+loannina%2C+which+controlled+its+own+plateau+and+shielded+Zagori+against+attack+by+the+Albanians+%28but+not+against+attack+by+the+Vlachs%29.%22#search_anchor|year=1976|publisher=Noyes Press|isbn=0815550472|page=61
|accessdate=2011-03-23}}</ref>.  As a result of the campaigns of [[Andronikos III Paleologos]] in 1337, the [[Despotate of Epirus]] and, therefore, Zagori along with [[Ioannina]] and the surrounding region came again briefly under Byzantine rule. 

(contracted; show full)[Aromanian]] etymology, while some toponyms with Slavic etymology are present in western and southern Zagori <ref>{{cite book|last=Ellis|first=Steven|title=Imagining frontiers, contesting identities|url=http://books.google.de/books?id=3zXFCs9EfEYC&pg=PA130&dq=Zagori+Albanians&hl=en&ei=8f0sTI2KF6HfsAbd47TKAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Zagori%20Albanians&f=false|year=2007|publisher=Edizioni Plus|isbn=8884924669|page=130
|accessdate=2011-03-23}}</ref>. Nevertheless, Zagori retained much of its Greek character through its system of government and the benefactions of its [[expatriates]] that favoured Greek education. The [[Koinon of the Zagorisians]] was reformalised by a treaty signed in 1670, under which Zagori enjoyed considerable privileges called Surutia, which were only rescinded fully by the [[Ottoman Sultan|Sultan]] in 1868. 

(contracted; show full)9saAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Throughout+this+period+bands+of+Albanians+raiders+pillaged+and+destroyed+the+villages+of+the+Vlachs+and+the+Greeks+in+Epirus%2C+northern+Pindus%2C+the+lakeland+of+Prespa+and+Ochrid%2C+and+parts+of+western+Macedonia.%22&q=%22There+the+Greek+pocket+of+resistance%2C+which+preserved+the+Greek+language+even+when+its+ruler+was+Serb+or+Italian%2C+was+the+plateau+of+loannina+and+its+hinterland+%28primarily+Zagori%29.%22#search_anchor|year=1976|publisher=Noyes Press|isbn=0815550472|page=61
|accessdate=2011-03-23}}</ref>.

As the mountains were outside the direct rule of the [[Ottoman Empire]], they offered a haven for Greeks on the run from the Ottoman authorities. Several prominent scholars of the [[Greek Enlightenment]], such as [[Neofytos Doukas]] and [[Athanasios Psalidas]] sought refuge here, after the [[Ottoman Sultan|Sultan’s]] army destroyed [[Ioannina]] in 1820. Some among them even made plans to set up a university in the monastery of St John of Rogovou, near [[Tsepelovo]]<ref>Frangoulis, Ody(contracted; show full)t with walls up to a meter thick that may have an internal sand compartment for insulation against the cold. The house entrance opens into the foyer called “''hagiati''” which leads to adjoining rooms called “''ondas''” or “''mantzato''”. The ''hagiati'' originally was and sometimes still is a partially open area in front of the house. The name is probably derived from the [[Persian language|Persian]] word [[Persian gardens#Hay
.C4.81āt|Hayāt]], a style of [[Persian garden]] with pavilions or other edifices.  The ''mantzato'' is the main room for the winter months with a fireplace, a “''tavla''” (table) and seating areas that can be used as beds, called “''basia''”. Opposite the fireplace there is a walled closet called “''mesantra''”. As an aid to its function, the ''mantzato'' often has a location in the south of the house. 

(contracted; show full)[[Category:Epirus (periphery)]]
[[Category:History of Greece]]
[[Category:Municipalities in the Ioannina Prefecture]]

[[el:Ζαγόρι]]
[[he:זגוריה]]
[[nl:Zagori]]
[[sk:Zagori]]